title: The influence of fluoride administration on the structure of proteoglycans in the developing rat incisor.
abstract: 1. 35S-labelled chondroitin 4-sulphate proteoglycan was isolated from the mineralized elements of the developing incisor teeth of Harvard rats receiving intraperitoneal administration of Na235SO4. 2. The chondroitin 4-sulphate proteoglycan underwent a decrease in molecular size in fluorotic teeth as judged by gel filtration on Sepharose 2B. 3. When examined by anion-exchange chromatography on DEAE cellulose-52, the proteoglycan from fluorotic teeth resolved into four peaks in comparison with the material from non-fluorotic teeth, which exhibited only a single major peak. 4. Both the single peak from non-fluoridated teeth and the four peaks from the fluorotic teeth were further resolved on cellulose acetate electrophoresis. 5. Isolated chondroitin 4-sulphate chains obtained from fluorotic teeth also were of smaller molecular size as judged by gel filtration on Sephadex G-150. 6. Some possible influences of fluoride on the metabolism of these connective-tissue components in the developing rat incisor are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates / Q000032:analysis; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D009050:Fluorosis, Dental / Q000378:metabolism*; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000032:analysis; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007180:Incisor / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011509:Proteoglycans / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D011509:Proteoglycans; D002809:Chondroitin Sulfates